An affiliate of Dairy Solutionz (NZ) Ltd. in New Zealand has teamed with partners and investors to establish an initial 1,000-cow farm by 2013 on Hawaii island and help rebuild Hawaii’s local milk supply.

It’s critical to focus on the prepartum cow, especially during the three weeks prior to calving.

Research from Cornell University shows an 89 percent cure rate of mild or moderate Escherichia coli mastitis infections when treated with extended intramammary antibiotic therapy.

The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and agricultural business owners are nervously waiting to learn how much money they’ve lost.

The $7.5 million investment is projected to increase cheese production at two of its plants by 3.6 million pounds per year.

“Right now, we are in a sweet spot where we have stronger global dairy prices and we have the milk supply to meet that demand.” Marc Beck, US Dairy Export Council